Local developer to open two senior centers in S.A.

If you’re a senior, know a senior, or might soon become a senior, and want to find a brand-spanking-new luxury senior facility, you’ll soon have not one, but two more options in San Antonio.

San Antonio-based Franklin Development Corp. announced today it is investing $80 million to build two senior centers that will have about 200 rooms each. One facility will be in the Alamo Heights area at Broadway and Terra Alta Drive and the other will be at Loop 1604 and Sonterra Place on the North Side. Each will be called Franklin Park.

“If your mom or grandmother is in a home alone, that is the single largest health risk to them — being isolated in their home. Kids try to go by and check on them, but it’s hard,” said Aubra Franklin, founder and president of Franklin Development, in an interview. “They think they’re losing their independence by moving out of their home, but they quickly realize they don’t have to deal with as many things here. They can do whatever activities they want to do.”

The communities will have 30,000 square feet of activity space, including an indoor pool, movie theater and fitness center. Franklin Park at Sonterra should be open by fall 2009. Franklin Park at Alamo Heights should open in spring 2010.

Franklin Development has built four senior living communities in the Dallas/Forth Worth area.